diff --git a/tests/scripts/get_selenium.sh b/tests/scripts/get_selenium.sh
index 0dac3e9b5..e6e830a0d 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/get_selenium.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/get_selenium.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 DIR="../webdriverio-test"
-FILE=selenium-server-standalone-3.0.1.jar
+FILE=selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1.jar
 
 if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
   mkdir $DIR
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ fi
 echo "downloading selenium jar"
 
 if [ ! -f $DIR/$FILE ]; then
-  cd $DIR  && curl -O http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/3.0/selenium-server-standalone-3.0.1.jar
+  cd $DIR  && curl -O http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/3.9/selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1.jar
   sleep 5
 fi
diff --git a/tests/scripts/selenium_connect.sh b/tests/scripts/selenium_connect.sh
index 3fae90576..fb04d95ea 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/selenium_connect.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/selenium_connect.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 pid=`lsof -ti tcp:4444`
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
-  kill -9 $pid 
+  kill -9 $pid
 fi
-java -jar -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=../geckodriver -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="chromedriver/chromedriver" ../webdriverio-test/selenium-server-standalone-3.0.1.jar  &
+java -jar -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=../geckodriver -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="chromedriver/chromedriver" ../webdriverio-test/selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1.jar  &